Yet it was not until the successive Plans of the beloved
Guardian, culminating in the Ten Year Crusade, when 27 Knights of Bahá'u'lláh
settled throughout this vast area, that the Cause took firm root. By 1963 the
countries and islands of the Caribbean claimed less than 400 localities and
only 147 Local Spiritual Assemblies. (The Universal House of Justice, excerpt
from a message dated May 1971, to the Friends of God gathered in the Caribbean
Conference; Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986) (To read
the entire message please visit Messages to
the Baha’i World Community – by the Universal House of Justice)
